Appendix A - Courses

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Business

BUS*6180 Financial and Managerial Accounting U [0.50]
This course emphasizes the gathering and use of financial information to facilitate effective financial and management decisions. Cases are used to approach the subject from the perspective of the user of accounting information rather than that of the supplier.
Department(s): Executive Programs
BUS*6200 Financial Management U [0.50]
This course takes the viewpoint of the senior financial officer of a commercial enterprise. The focus is on the management of cash, accounts receivable, inventories and capital assets, as well as on the sourcing of funds through short-term liabilities, long-term debt and owners' equity.
Prerequisite(s): BUS*6180
Restriction(s): Non MBA students only by permission of instructor.
Department(s): Executive Programs
BUS*6300 Business Practices for Sustainability U [0.50]
This course focuses on critical strategic and managerial issues related to sustainability and introduces students to concepts linking organizational strategies and sustainability principles. It explores how managers can integrate consideration of the environment and society into business strategies and business practices to improve competitive advantage and create environmental, social and economic value.
Department(s): Executive Programs
BUS*6400 Canadian Business Law: Addressing Legal Issues in Organizations F,W [0.50]
This course will introduce you to Canadian business law and give you an understanding of legal principals as they apply to businesss organizations. After reviewing basic foundational concepts and sources of law in Canada, we will undertake a more in-depth review of practical legal issues and solutions that arise in various business environments. Topics include contracts, torts, employment law, class action and conflict resolution.
Restriction(s): Executive Program students only
Department(s): Executive Programs
BUS*6500 Governance for Sustainability U [0.50]
This course introduces MBA students to the rise of environmentalism and state-led environmental management, and the more recent emergence of environmental governance as made evident by the growing authority of non-state actors (e.g. ENGOs, business associations, etc.) and use of new mechanisms of management (e.g. voluntary standards, third party certification, etc.); these core topics are presented as both opportunities and challenges for private firms such as climate change and fisheries decline, The course is delivered online with a mix of text, audio and video, and use of external contemporary resources. Students are expected to participate actively and regularly during the eight-week on-line delivery of this course.
Restriction(s): Executive Program students only
Department(s): Executive Programs
BUS*6600 Sustainable Value Creation S [0.50]
Many organizations have redefined their business strategies in line with principles of sustainability in order to maximize value creation for the organization and its stakeholders. In this course students will critically examine these sustainability drivers and strategic approaches to value creation.
Restriction(s): Executive Program students only
Department(s): Executive Programs
BUS*6800 Readings in Leadership I U [0.50]
This course is available to individuals or groups of graduate students. Students will complete a set of readings and an associated paper as approved by designated faculty. Specific learning objectives consistent with the University's will be developed each time the course is offered.
Department(s): Executive Programs
BUS*6810 Readings in Leadership II U [0.50]
This course is available to individuals or groups of graduate students. Students will complete a set of readings and an associated paper as approved by designated faculty. Specific learning objectives consistent with the University's will be developed each time the course is offered.
Prerequisite(s): BUS*6800 (or may be taken concurrently)
Department(s): Department of Management
BUS*6820 Readings in Management U [0.50]
This course is available to individuals or groups of graduate students. Students will complete a set of readings and an associated paper as approved by designated faculty. Specific learning objectives consistent with the University's will be developed each time the course is offered.
Department(s): Department of Management
BUS*6830 Foundational Theories of Leadership F [0.50]
This doctoral seminar introduces students to the underlying philosophical assumptions that support empirical research methods within management studies. The challenge facing future researchers, leaders and managers is to distill vast amounts of information into meaningful and action oriented knowledge.
Restriction(s): Instructor consent required.
Department(s): Department of Management
BUS*6840 Foundational Theories of Management W [0.50]
This doctoral seminar provides a survey of classic and contemporary management thought. The objective of this course is to explore foundational and emerging areas of inquiry that are influential in the realm of management theory and practice.
Restriction(s): Instructor consent required.
Department(s): Department of Management
BUS*6850 Marketing Strategy U [0.50]
An advanced course for those specializing in marketing. Deals with marketing theories, models, and specific subsets of marketing such as pricing, consumer and industrial-buyer behaviour, distribution, services, and service-delivery concepts.
Restriction(s): CBE Executive Programs students only
Department(s): Department of Management
BUS*6900 Major Research Project U [1.00]
A detailed critical review of an area of study specific to the specialization of students in the MBA by course work and major paper option.
Restriction(s): CBE Executive Programs students only
Department(s): Department of Management
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